Fridingen

Fridingen is a town in the district of Tuttlingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the Danube, 10 km east of Tuttlingen, and 23 km west of Sigmaringen. A large hoard of Bronze Age jewellery (mostly armlets and bracelets) was discovered in the vicinity of the town in the nineteenth century. It is now part of the British Museum's prehistoric European collection.[2]

Fridingen
Coat of arms
Location of Fridingen within Tuttlingen district
Konstanz (district)Rottweil (district)Sigmaringen (district)Schwarzwald-Baar-KreisZollernalbkreisAldingenBalgheimBärenthalBöttingenBubsheimBuchheimDeilingenDenkingenDürbheimDurchhausenEgesheimEmmingen-LiptingenFridingenFrittlingenGeisingenGosheimGunningenHausen ob VerenaImmendingenIrndorfKönigsheimKolbingenMahlstettenMühlheim an der DonauNeuhausen ob EckReichenbach am HeubergRenquishausenRietheim-WeilheimSeitingen-OberflachtSpaichingenTalheimTrossingenTuttlingenWehingenWurmlingen
Fridingen
Fridingen
Coordinates: 48°01′14″N 08°55′58″E
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionBärenthal
DistrictTuttlingen
Government
 • MayorStefan Waizeneggger
Area
 • Total22.47 km2 (8.68 sq mi)
Elevation
626 m (2,054 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
 • Total3,174
 • Density140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
78567
Dialling codes07463
Vehicle registrationTUT
Websitewww.fridingen.de

Sons and daughters of the city
  • Josef Feger (1920-2010), mayor of Leutkirch im Allgäu
  • Josef Hipp (1927-1959), athlete
  • Paul Ackermann (born 1939), political scientist

References
  1. "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2018". Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (in German). July 2019.
  2. British Museum Collection
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